Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Option: The Global Cold War
School	History and Cultures
Department	History
Module Code	09 38261
Module Lead	John Munro
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The cold war is over but remains ever-present. Around the world, political, economic, and cultural legacies of the half-century superpower standoff are everywhere to behold, while books, movies, and the daily news indicate ongoing, widespread interest in the topic. And yet, the scope, implications, and the very meaning of the cold war remain inadequately understood. Taking a global approach to the topic, this module will contextualize the cold war within longer histories of colonialism. The ideological and economic rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States defined the cold war: policies from Moscow, London, Beijing, and Washington DC shaped global politics, conflicts, and culture in the second half of the twentieth century. This module casts its gaze across the world, focusing on developments in the Third World as well as the agency of local actors and the strategies they adopted amidst collapsing colonial empires. "The Global Cold War" will provide students with an on-the-ground view of some of the places where communism and capitalism clashed, while also remaining alert to transnational interaction, cultural flow, technological development, and social movements as well as state actors. Students will deepen their analytical skills, gain familiarity with cold war documents and historical debate, and as a result enhance their critical engagement with the culture and politics of the contemporary world and its cold war and colonial inheritances.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Analyse and explain key events and historical processes relevant to the subject under scrutiny. Analyse and explain reasons for and implications of these events and processes. Identify the main scholarly views on the subject under investigation. Work with an appropriate degree of learner independence to explain and analyse the material under scrutiny. Communicate explanation and analysis of the subject clearly and effectively in writing.
Assessment	38261-01 : 3,000 word take home paper : Exam (School Arranged) - Written Unseen (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: S1 = 1 x 3,000 word essay (100%) S2 = 1 x 3,000 word Take Home Examination (100%) Reassessment: Resubmission of failed component(s)
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